Matteo Berrettini wins his second career title in Budapest after Gastaad 2018.
The world no.55 defeated Filip Krajinovic in the final after recovering from a 1-set deficit. The Italian managed to turn the table when the pair was locked on a 4-6 2-2 scoreline. From that moment, Matteo conquered 10 of the following 12 games to win 4-6 6-3 6-1 in 1 hour and 41 minutes.
Matteo Berrettini is victorious in Budapest! 👏
The Italian defeats Filip Krajinovic 4-6 6-3 6-1. pic.twitter.com/IkJgtlnZJ0
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 28, 2019
It was a tough match. BERRETTINI
After the match, Berrettini commented:
“It was a really tough match. The conditions were tough, it was cold and windy. The balls were moving a lot. So I was really focused on my game.
After the first set, I just told myself to fight game after game, point after point and I’m really happy because it was really difficult.”
After this week Berrettini will be ranked no.37 (career high).
It’s been some decent weeks for Italy.
Matteo Berrettini, champion in Budapest and new career high #37.
Got weapons to be (at least) a solid top 20 imo. Big guy, big serve, big shots, moves decently for 1.96m.
[getty] pic.twitter.com/kR2L6qC3Wd
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) April 28, 2019